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Veal cutlets with Treviso
There are some great veal producers now in the UK so we should all be eating more British veal instead of buying the bland white stuff imported from ...
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The Conversation Tracey Cox sex expert
My agent hated the term 'sexpert', but I thought it was quite funny. My sister used to run a family-planning clinic in Australia so that made me quite comfortable with sex. The other thing was, my dad had an affair. I could see that he loved my mum and I thought what a powerful thing this is - sex and ...
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Wine Something for the weekend
2011 Zind Humbrecht Reserve Pinot Gris A big wine from a giant Alsatian winemaker, intensely spicy and full-bodied with a spritz of honey-flecked apple and peach flavours. 14.99, buy 2 = 12.99, ...
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An Interview With January Jones of ‘Mad Men’
MiH jeans . But easygoing as she appeared, you could be forgiven for confusing Ms. Jones with her starchy alter ego, the immaculate Hitchcock blonde married early in the series to the philandering Don Draper, then to Henry Francis, the small-town politician who rescues her from a life of ...
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Scene Stealers Prince Jackson Steps Into the Spotlight — Scene Stealers
LOS ANGELES -- In some ways, he seems like just another 16-year-old boy. He drives a Ford Raptor pickup. He took his girlfriend bowling. On social media, he talks about movies, video games and junk ...
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The ‘Ghost Army’ of Artists and Designers
One topic I was eager to explore was Bill's war years. He had enlisted in 1942, his fashion career barely begun. The Army had decided that Bill, along with hundreds of other artists, illustrators, designers and architects -- men with high I.Q.'s -- were to use their creative skills to help fool the ...
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Noted Making a Word Meme
The references, invoked ironically at least as often as seriously, have become proxies for talking about anything from asking for a raise to pushing high school girls to take more computer science classes. A male colleague has been known to wander the office, wryly asking women if they are "leaning in today."When the F.B.I. announced that it had added Joanne Chesimard to its Most ...
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Kelly Rowland near X Factor deal
X Factor is looking to have plenty of girl power next fall. The judges panel will likely consist of executive producer Simon Cowell and three female judges. One will be returning judge Demi Lovato, as the network previously announced. If all goes according to plan, another will be singer, dancer ...
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Office finale Yay or nay
way up in the ratings — meaning that a bunch of people who haven’t been viewing the daily happenings of Dunder Mifflin tuned back in to see Pam, Jim, Dwight — and yes, even Michael — one last time. This morning at Entertainment Weekly Headquarters we naturally all had opinions about what worked and what didn’t in the farewell episode of the long-running sitcom. Was ...
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Actor Justin Bartha and fitness trainer Lia Smith get engaged
Hollywood actor Justin Bartha is engaged to fitness trainer Lia Smith, multiple sources confirmed to UsMagazine.com Friday. The two reportedly met during a Pilates session at Equinox gym in Los Angeles where Smith is an instructor. They went public with their relationship in January and the 34-year-old star of "The Hangover" movies proposed to Smith this month while on vacation at ...
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In politics as in sports the odds-on favourite usually wins
The reason both sports and politics attract so many junkies is that both activities are so often wildly unpredictable. Anything can happen in either, and, just often enough to keep us titillated, anything does. Can you say "They really blew a 4-1 lead?" Can you say British Columbia?Of course sometimes both are boringly predictable. The likely winner often enough does win. That's ...
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For Gay Men a Fear That Feels Familiar
At around 4 on a Saturday morning, a time when most of the gay bars in New York have closed and locked their doors, a steady stream of young and middle-aged men, almost all shirtless and some stripped down to their boxer briefs, have found their way down a dark stairwell and into a maze of basement rooms, where the dcor can best be described as fallout-shelter ...
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Most exciting breakthrough in IVF treatment in 30 years could triple number of births
Thousands of infertile couples could benefit from a new IVF procedure that can dramatically improve the success rate of having a baby through artificial ...
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T Magazine About Last Night | A Downtown Fete for a Fallen L.G.B.T.Q. Hero
For the first Hero Fundraiser Scholarship in honor of Perry Moore, the late author’s friends Andy Cohen and Allison Sarofim and his partner Hunter Hill gathered a smart set to honor Moore’s life and legacy. Attendees included fashion types like Julie Gilhart, Jenna Lyons and Hamish Bowles; artists, including Richard Phillips and Hope Atherton; and the downtown social swans Annabelle ...
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Prince Harry Draws a Crowd at the Greenwich Polo Club
GREENWICH, Conn. ...
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Sports Kiptoo Chelagat win in Prison meet
Kiptoo, who posted a brilliant 60.57 in his 21km debut early this month, shook off stiff challenge from veteran Peter Mwololo and upstart Silas Muturi at the prestigious sporting cathedral, Nyayo National Stadium, on Friday. Chelagat, who doubled 400m flat (52.6) and 400m hurdles (57.7), stood out as she equalled the 3:40.0 prisons national record. But Olympic 5,000m bronze ...
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Sports Cross country legend Paul Tergat walks tall
Tergat, 44, who is also a former world marathon record holder, was on Wednesday accompanied to the Swiss capital by National Olympic Committee of Kenya ...
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Sports Why Ndovu must win against Rwenzori
Rwenzori and they only need a point to qualify for the semifinals. "We are heading to Kampala for the maximum points even though we know one point is enough to qualify," he said. "If we simply win the game, then we will top the pool and in the event gain a home semi-final which will shift the advantage to our side," he explained. Ndovu currently holds 7 points, ...
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Sports Leaders Strathmore out to upset Vikings
Strathmore University returns to the pitch this afternoon at City Park stadium in Nairobi looking for maximum points against Vikings to maintain their grip on ...
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Sports AFC Leopards Zuku television contract row
Sam Nyamweya urged the parties to desist from solving the dispute through the media "but use established channels." AFC vice chairman Walter Onyino defended a move by the club to sign a deal ...
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Sports Gor take on bogey side Nairobi City Stars
"They are very dangerous because you never know when they will strike. "Sometimes it is easier to play the bigger sides because there is always the danger that your players will underrate smaller opposition with costly consequences," he said ahead of the 3pm kick-off fixture. Gor go into this match still basking in their 1-0 win over ...
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On the Runway Blog David Beckham Hardly Into the Sunset
. Just saying those words sends a shiver of up the spine. Giorgio Armani was so on it when he got Becks to pose in his underwear. Seeing a billboard in Milan of his oil-rubbed body in his white GA's could really take the edge off a lousy day of shows. Beckham in his briefs, like Marky Mark in his briefs, and a host of other hot dudes, was always going to be the treat that people wanted to ...
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On the Runway Blog A Sensation That You’ve Had Before
Looks for Versus, designed by J.W. Anderson. It's all right if you're not up to date on Versus, the Versace label first popular in the early 1990s, then revived a couple of years ago. The British designer J.W. Anderson, hired to create a capsule collection, has done such a good job distilling the flavor of Versus, you won't feel you've missed a thing. Mr. Anderson was in ...
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Trailer Face-Off The New Pacific Rim vs. the Atlantic Rim Knockoff
In today's business world, disruption is a constant force that never lets up. At the annual WIRED Business Conference: Disruptive by Design, we celebrate the creative power of bold new ideas and the people that make them happen. See the event ...
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Boxing kangaroo stops jogging Australian MP in his tracks
SYDNEY (Reuters) - A startled kangaroo knocked an Australian politician to the ground and clawed his leg after its morning graze on a suburban lawn was interrupted by the jogging ...
Kuala Lumpur Spotlight
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City's major raw water project
It’s been in the pipelines for several years, but finally the Pahang-Selangor raw water transfer project has found its feet with an official groundbreaking ceremony held in April of 2010, the facility, when completed, will enable a massive region of the country, including Kuala Lumpur, Selangor and Putrajaya to cope with increasing demand for raw water treatment from industrial, residential and tourism sectors of the economy.
The raw water treatment project is a massive undertaking: a pipeline is to be constructed run from Sungai Semantan in Pahang to the Hulu Langat water treatment facility in Selangor, it will be 44.6 kilometers long, the longest tunnel of its kind in Asia and the sixth largest in the world. When operating at maximum capacity, over 1,800 litres of raw water will be pumped to Selangor and treated for conversion to fresh water, according to Kuala Lumpur news media. Read more
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